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Buck Horse Prospect

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032871
MRDS ID M014652
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Horse Prospect
Related records 10299730

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22074, 45.25403 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Joseph(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wallowa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Eagle Cap Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Wallowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 003S 045E 32 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Ore
Garnet Ore
Pyrite Ore
Mica Unknown

Analytical data

Result 5 FT. CHIP SAMPLE CUT ACROSS CONTACT CONTAINS 0.3 OUNCE SILVER PER TON, TRACE COPPER, NO GOLD, MOLYBDENUM OR TUNGSTEN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Martin Bridge Limestone
    Rock description Martin Bridge Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22074, 45.25403
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ALTERATION ZONE ALONG CONTACT OF M.B. LIMESTONE - GRANODIORITE CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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